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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olle Tandberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams has chosen The Dark Knight Rises Theme as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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203 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Olle Tandberg! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dante Adams! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tandberg slips a jab and a cross from Adams.
Adams scores with a one two! Tandberg had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Tandberg was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Tandberg tries to keep at a distance but Adams has taken the fight into the clinch. Tandberg has Adams pushed against the cage. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Adams. Tandberg lands with a light punch inside. Adams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tandberg walks away with a smile on his face. Adams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Adams scores with a kick to the body.
Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Tandberg was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Tandberg is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Tandberg throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adams counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Adams throws a right hand that Tandberg ducks under and follows up with a left that Tandberg also avoids with ease. Tandberg scores with a hook. Adams slips under a jab. Adams tries to bum rush Tandberg with a series of wild strikes but Tandberg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tandberg closes the distance and pushes Adams back into the cage. Tandberg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Tandberg is pushing Adams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Tandberg pushes off an throws an elbow but Adams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Adams is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. Tandberg pushes Adams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Adams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Adams pulls guard effortlessly. Tandberg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Adams swivels though and keeps the full guard. Tandberg wants to control from the top but Adams keeps moving. Adams is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tandberg is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Adams throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tandberg decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Adams, up you get! The fight stays on the outside here - Tandberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though. A right-left combo lands from Tandberg. Tandberg looks to land a combination but Adams avoids it well. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The fight moves into the clinch position. Adams is trying to break the clinch but Tandberg is controlling him. Adams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tandberg lands a hook that snaps the head of Adams backwards. I was talking to Tandberg's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Tandberg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Adams fails to pull guard.
Olle Tandberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Adams.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tandberg stalling in the clinch but Adams improves position. Adams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tandberg moves into range and clinches up with Adams. Adams manages to break the clinch.
Tandberg with a hook. Tandberg swings widly with a right hand
and Adams counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Tandberg darts in and clinches Adams up against the cage. Adams takes an elbow to the forehead. Tandberg is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tandberg moves in looking to clinch but Adams pushes him off. Tandberg tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance. Tandberg has closed the distance and engaged Adams in a clinch.
Adams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Tandberg gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tandberg misses with a short punch on the inside. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Adams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tandberg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adams's brow. Tandberg throws an elbow that misses.
Adams is trying to break the clinch but Tandberg is controlling him. Tandberg keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adams's efforts to push away. Adams manages to break the clinch.
Adams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tandberg. Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Tandberg. Olle Tandberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Tandberg rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adams moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Adams looks for a takedown but Tandberg sprawls well. Tandberg wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch. Tandberg swings widly with a right hand
and Adams counters with a three punch combo that has Tandberg backing up. Tandberg nods at Adams to acknowledge the strikes. The fight stays on the outside here - Tandberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though. 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 Olle Tandberg will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Adams!
Adams drops Tandberg with a beautiful combination! Tandberg stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Adams is looking for the KO!
Tandberg is rocked! Adams doesn't succeed with the takedown and Tandberg counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Adams thinking. Oh Tandberg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! No joy there for Adams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Tandberg doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Tandberg seems to have got his legs back now. Adams tries to keep at a distance but Tandberg has taken the fight into the clinch. A quick uppercut on the inside from Adams. Tandberg working some nice short punches in the clinch. Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olle Tandberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Adams keeps the fight on the outside. Adams appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Adams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tandberg throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Adams counters with a stiff right hand. Tandberg throws a hook but Adams avoids it easily. Adams defending well as Tandberg loads up on a big left hand. Tandberg displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Adams. Adams is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tandberg moves into range and clinches up with Adams. Tandberg trying to stall but Adams improves his position.
Adams is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tandberg to keep the fight standing. Olle Tandberg has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Adams. Tandberg throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tandberg lands a nice elbow. Adams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Dante Adams seems to be getting the better of the standup. Tandberg tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Tandberg is looking to clinch but Adams is avoiding it.
Tandberg is looking to clinch. Tandberg wants to clinch up but Adams keeps it at a distance. A slow jab from Tandberg misses its intended target. Adams shoots and misses and Tandberg counters with a nice uppercut. Adams misses with a right hand and Tandberg counters with a nice uppercut. Tandberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tandberg looks to clinch and Adams counters with a three punch combo that has Tandberg backing up. Tandberg nods at Adams to acknowledge the strikes. Adams takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Adams is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Tandberg wants to clinch. Adams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Adams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Adams there as he acknowledges the shot. Adams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tandberg tries to avoid it but Adams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tandberg to the ground. Tandberg escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Tandberg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tandberg lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Adams backwards. Tandberg lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tandberg gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Tandberg is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tandberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tandberg misses with an elbow over the top. Tandberg slows down the pace here.
Adams is trying to pull guard but Tandberg has him pressed against the cage. Adams takes an elbow to the temple. Tandberg misses with an elbow strike.
Tandberg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Tandberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Adams can't get the takedown.
Adams manages to break the clinch.
Tandberg moves into range and clinches up with Adams. Adams wants to break free but Tandberg has control.
Adams breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tandberg rushes Adams and presses him up against the cage. Tandberg lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Tandberg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tandberg just misses with a elbow thrown towards Adams's brow. Tandberg avoiding damage.
Adams blocks an elbow strike. Tandberg keeps control of Adams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Adams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Adams is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tandberg to keep the fight standing. Adams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Adams swats away the attempt to clinch by Tandberg. Adams on the wrong end of a nice hook. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Adams. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Olle Tandberg will probably get the nod. That's time! Tandberg's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Adams misses with a combination
and Adams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. No joy there for Tandberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Tandberg throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Tandberg is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Tandberg ducks right into an uppercut from Adams. Tandberg tries to clinch but Adams moves out of range. Tandberg tries to clinch but fails miserably and Adams counters with a lovely straight right hand! Tandberg is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Tandberg moves into the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tandberg lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adams or not. Tandberg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Adams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tandberg dodges the punch combination from Adams.
Adams misses with a head kick.
Adams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round. Adams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Adams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tandberg tries to clinch but Adams is having none of it. Tandberg tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Tandberg tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Tandberg pushes Adams up against the cage in a clinch. Tandberg misses with an elbow strike.
Tandberg has Adams pushed against the cage. Adams stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Tandberg pushes off an throws an elbow but Adams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Still in the clinch, Tandberg scores with a nice short uppercut. Adams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Adams wants to get back to striking at distance but Tandberg won't allow it.
Adams breaks the clinch.
Tandberg gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Adams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Tandberg is looking to clinch but Adams is avoiding it.
Tandberg is looking to clinch. Tandberg fails in his attempt to clinch. Tandberg fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Adams, pushing him back against the cage. Adams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Adams throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Tandberg counter with a right hand. Tandberg tries to clinch up but Adams circles away and keeps his distance. Adams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tandberg to score with a decent uppercut. Adams is still on wobbly legs! Can Tandberg finish him? Tandberg closes the distance and clinches. Tandberg lands an uppercut. Adams takes an elbow to the temple. Adams tries to break the clinch but Tandberg is controlling the position. Tandberg lands a damaging elbow. Tandberg scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tandberg throws an elbow but it misses.
Tandberg creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Tandberg stalls. Tandberg lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adams backwards. Nice elbow from Tandberg. Tandberg scores with a hook to the body. Tandberg taking a breather. Adams seems to have recovered his senses. Tandberg manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short body shot lands from Tandberg as the two fighters clinch.
Olle Tandberg is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Adams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tandberg scores with a nice hook to the head. Tandberg lands an elbow just above Adams 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tandberg lands a nice elbow. Tandberg comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Tandberg prevents a body shot from Adams. Adams takes a shot to the head. Adams blocks the elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Tandberg prevents a body shot from Adams. Tandberg digs a right hand underneath Adams's ribcage. Adams let out a lung full of air as it connected. Adams is trying to break free. Tandberg misses with a body punch.
Tandberg keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Adams's efforts to push away. A quick uppercut on the inside from Tandberg.
And that's the end of the fight! Olle Tandberg showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tandberg, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27 Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27 Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Olle Tandberg!
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energy
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