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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darnell Cane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balder Torkelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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194 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darnell Cane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Balder Torkelson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cane misses with a body shot.
Torkelson wants to counter with a clinch but Cane pushes him away.
Cane looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torkelson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cane with a body shot.
Cane shoots in for a takedown but Torkelson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've been informed that Torkelson 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.
Darnell Cane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torkelson closes the distance and clinches.
Cane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Torkelson gets through Cane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cane has Torkelson pressed against the cage.
Cane takes a shot to the head.
Cane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cane pushes Torkelson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cane drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Torkelson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torkelson. Cane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cane takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cane tries to close the distance and clinch but Torkelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cane lands a nice shot that snaps Torkelson's head back.
Balder Torkelson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torkelson misses the shot to the body.
Cane misses with a hook
and Torkelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cane looks to throw the jab but Torkelson is out of range.
Torkelson is looking for the big counter here.
Cane throws a hook but Torkelson avoids it easily.
Torkelson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Cane there.
Cane moves into the clinch.
Torkelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Torkelson scores with a shot to the side of Cane's head.
Cane looking to slow down the pace here.
Torkelson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Cane pushes Torkelson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Torkelson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cane misses with some punches.
Torkelson misses with some punches.
Torkelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Cane controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Torkelsons head.
Torkelson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Cane trying to stall but Torkelson improves his position.
Torkelson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Torkelson lands with a left to the head.
Cane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Torkelson tries a body shot but Cane blocks it.
Torkelson lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Torkelson.
Torkelson presses Cane against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torkelson.
Cane misses with some punches.
Cane has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Torkelson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darnell Cane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cane misses with the head strike.
Torkelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torkelson is struggling to control the position.
Cane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cane fails to land.
A short uppercut from Torkelson.
Cane wants a takedown but no success here.
Torkelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cane has a couple of punches blocked by Torkelson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Torkelson.
Cane throws a punch but it's blocked by Torkelson.
Torkelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Torkelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cane wants to get back to striking at distance but Torkelson won't allow it.
Torkelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Torkelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cane throws a head punch that misses.
Torkelson lands a body punch.
Cane throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cane.
Torkelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cane uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Cane fails to land.
Cane is trying to drag Torkelson to the mat but Torkelson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short uppercut from Torkelson.
Cane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Torkelson fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torkelson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torkelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Torkelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Cane.
Cane manages to break the clinch.
Cane misses with a takedown attempt - Torkelson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cane misses with a left hand
and Torkelson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cane lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Torkelson.
Torkelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torkelson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torkelson backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cane misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cane misses with a punch on the inside.
Torkelson tries to throw a body punch but Cane avoids it by throwing Torkelson back against the cage.
Torkelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cane's elbow.
Cane has a couple of punches blocked by Torkelson.
Torkelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balder Torkelson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cane is looking to clinch.
Cane rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torkelson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cane is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torkelson misses with a looping right.
It looked like Cane wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torkelson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cane looks to throw the jab but Torkelson is out of range.
Torkelson staying out of range there.
Cane clobbers Torkelson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cane misses with an uppercut. Torkelson saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cane lands a nice shot to the body.
Torkelson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torkelson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cane under the eye.
Balder Torkelson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cane, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torkelson swings for the body but Cane moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cane misses with a double jab
and Torkelson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cane throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torkelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Torkelson lands an overhand right.
Torkelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cane is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cane lands a really nice looking cross but Torkelson seems unphased.
Cane throws out a powerful jab.
Torkelson is rocked!
Torkelson misses with a body punch
and Cane counters with a huge left! Torkelson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Cane isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Torkelson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Cane!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darnell Cane!
A very excited looking Darnell Cane rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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