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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Krystian Olafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Gorman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Krystian Olafsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Melvin Gorman!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Olafsson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Olafsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gorman moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Olafsson. No joy for Gorman on that attempt.
Olafsson scores with a one two! Gorman had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gorman falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Olafsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Olafsson misses with an uppercut.
Gorman throws a shot from downtown. Olafsson moves away and avoids it.
Gorman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gorman has managed to clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Olafsson misses with a punch to the body.
Gorman manages to break the clinch.
Gorman punishes Olafsson's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gorman looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Olafsson is fending him off so far but Gorman persists. Nope, Olafsson circles away and we're back to standing.
Krystian Olafsson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Gorman. Those never looked like landing.
Gorman dodges the punch combination from Olafsson.
Gorman lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olafsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Gorman tries to bum rush Olafsson with a series of wild strikes but Olafsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Olafsson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Gorman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gorman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Olafsson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gorman.
Olafsson lands with a right to the head.
Gorman prevents a body shot from Olafsson.
Gorman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Olafsson avoids it.
Gorman lands a shoulder strike.
Olafsson can't find room to land a body shot as Gorman controls the action.
Gorman keeps control of Olafsson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Gorman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Olafsson backwards.
Gorman lands with a short shot to the head.
Gorman digs a right hand underneath Olafsson's ribcage. Olafsson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Olafsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Olafsson can't find room to land a body shot as Gorman controls the action.
Olafsson tries to work over Gorman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Olafsson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gorman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gorman misses with a knee to the head.
Olafsson tries a body shot but Gorman blocks it.
Gorman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Olafsson connects with a jab.
Olafsson misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson scores with a nice strike.
Olafsson dodges the punch combination from Gorman.
No joy there for Gorman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gorman connects with a right hand. Olafsson shakes it off.
No joy there for Olafsson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Melvin Gorman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olafsson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Olafsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gorman circles away quickly and effectively.
Gorman is looking for the big counter here.
Olafsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gorman counters with a one-two to the body.
Gorman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gorman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Olafsson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olafsson throws a combination. Gorman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gorman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gorman moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorman tries to land a knee to the head but Olafsson blocks with his arms.
Gorman prevents a body shot from Olafsson.
Olafsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Olafsson tries to throw a body punch but Gorman avoids it by throwing Olafsson back against the cage.
Olafsson misses with a body punch.
Olafsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gorman trying to land knees to the body.
Olafsson blocking some punches.
Olafsson tries to throw a body punch but Gorman avoids it by throwing Olafsson back against the cage.
Olafsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Gorman.
Olafsson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gorman trying to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Gorman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melvin Gorman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Olafsson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gorman clinches up against the cage.
Gorman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gorman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gorman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Olafsson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Olafsson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gorman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Olafsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gorman missing with knees to the body.
Olafsson working aggressively here.
Olafsson can't find room to land a body shot as Gorman controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olafsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gorman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Olafsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Olafsson tries to work over Gorman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Olafsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Gorman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorman blocks a body shot from Olafsson.
Gorman lands an uppercut.
A short right from Gorman on the inside.
Olafsson is leaning against Gorman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Olafsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gorman's elbow.
Melvin Gorman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gorman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Gorman.
Gorman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Olafsson misses with a body punch.
Gorman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olafsson throws a series of strikes that have Gorman backpedaling.
Krystian Olafsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gorman misses with the combination.
Olafsson slaps away a takedown attempt from Gorman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gorman fails with a takedown attempt.
Krystian Olafsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Gorman throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Gorman.
Olafsson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gorman tries to clinch but Olafsson is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Olafsson. Gorman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Olafsson connects with the punch.
Olafsson lands a nice shot that snaps Gorman's head back.
Gorman slips under a jab from Olafsson.
Olafsson dodges the punch combination from Gorman.
Olafsson misses with a double jab.
Gorman is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sloppy strikes from Olafsson. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Olafsson.
Gorman tries to bum rush Olafsson with a series of wild strikes but Olafsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Olafsson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gorman throws a jab when Olafsson was well out of range.
Olafsson is looking for a counter combo.
Olafsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gorman.
Gorman works on Olafsson's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Olafsson fails to land.
Olafsson is trying to push Gorman away but Gorman has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Gorman pushes Olafsson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Olafsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gorman's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Olafsson as the two fighters clinch.
Olafsson tries a body shot but Gorman blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Olafsson - that landed with a thud.
Gorman breaks from the clinch.
Gorman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gorman is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gorman drives through and clinches with Olafsson against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gorman takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gorman pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Olafsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olafsson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Olafsson misses with a double jab.
Gorman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A counter left hand to the body from Olafsson misses its target.
Gorman clinches up with Olafsson and pushes him back against the cage.
Gorman breaks from the clinch.
Gorman slips a straight right by Olafsson.
Gorman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Melvin Gorman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Gorman. Those never looked like landing.
Olafsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gorman slips a jab and a cross from Olafsson.
Olafsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Olafsson misses with a straight right.
Good exchange - Olafsson coming out on top.
Gorman tries a low kick but Olafsson avoids it.
Olafsson looks to land a right hand but Gorman moved out of range.
A nice side step and Gorman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Olafsson lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorman gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Olafsson.
Olafsson throws an overhand right that lands on Gorman's shoulder, as Gorman tries to avoid the shot.
Gorman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Olafsson.
Olafsson misses with a combination
and Gorman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olafsson moves out of range of the body kick from Gorman.
Olafsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gorman.
Olafsson seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gorman throws a right and a left that Olafsson avoids nicely.
Olafsson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gorman swats away the attempt to clinch by Olafsson.
Olafsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Olafsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A shot to the body from Gorman misses
and Olafsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gorman lands with a shot to the body.
Olafsson throws a shot from downtown. Gorman moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Olafsson misses its intended target.
Olafsson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Olafsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gorman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gorman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gorman manages to break the clinch.
Gorman is looking to clinch but Olafsson is avoiding it.
Olafsson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Olafsson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gorman tries to clinch but Olafsson moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Olafsson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gorman prevents a body shot from Olafsson.
Olafsson tries to work over Gorman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gorman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Olafsson dodges the punch combination from Gorman.
Gorman scores with a one two! Olafsson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gorman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gorman moves away from the strike by Olafsson.
Olafsson thuds his right hand into Gorman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gorman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gorman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Olafsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gorman rushes Olafsson and presses him up against the cage.
Olafsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gorman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olafsson can't find room to land a body shot as Gorman controls the action.
Gorman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gorman lands with a light punch inside.
Gorman blocks a body shot from Olafsson.
Gorman manages to break the clinch.
Gorman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gorman shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice body punch from Olafsson.
Olafsson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Olafsson misses with a straight left.
Gorman throws out a counter right but Olafsson avoids it with no problem.
Gorman dodges the punch combination from Olafsson.
Gorman misses with a hook.
Olafsson throws a big counter combination but Gorman scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Krystian Olafsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Melvin Gorman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Some wild striking there from Gorman.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Krystian Olafsson.
I think Gorman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Josh West scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Melvin Gorman!
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energy
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hype
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