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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simbo Klice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klice has chosen THE D.O.C. - it's funky enough as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm
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248 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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195 cm
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270 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ron Bob! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Simbo Klice! The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Klice looks to land a left hand but Bob moved out of range nicely. Klice throws a lazy right hand but Bob sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. As Klice tries to get set, Bob tries to push him back and clinch up but Klice manages to avoid the attempt. Klice throws a right and a left that Bob avoids nicely. Bob misses with the combination.
Klice throws a counter combo. Bob misses with a takedown attempt and Bob takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Klice misses with a wild body shot. Bob feinted with a counter takedown. Bob has his takedown stuffed and Klice counters with a right hand to the body. Klice throws a right hand that Bob ducks under and follows up with a left that Bob also avoids with ease. Bob tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Klice swivels and escapes. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him. Klice doesn't manage to clinch there - Bob circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bob drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Klice is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Klice sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard. Klice is looking to control Bob's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Klice avoid being mounted? Bob thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Klice's head. Bob throwing shots but Klice is blocking nicely. Klice is pressing down on Bob's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. Klice keeping moving, preventing Bob from controlling successfully. Klice is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Klice preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Bob wants to pass the guard but Klice is keeping the position. Klice utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Bob loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Klice looking for a sweep. Not yet Klice, not yet. Bob has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Klice looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bob puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Klice wants to get back to full guard. Bob wants to work for an arm triangle but Klice is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bob wants to pass to mount but Klice is defending the position. Bob wants to take a breather but Klice is having none of it. Klice is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Klice landing strikes from the bottom. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Bob is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Klice doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bob. Klice is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bob pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bob looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Klice is trying to get back to full guard. Klice moves into full guard.
Bob won't allow Klice to sweep him here. Bob makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Bob cracks Klice with a solid left hand. Klice 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 four minutes gone in the round. Bob tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. Bob taking some punishment here, with Klice in his half guard. Klice prevents Bob from improving his position. Bob is pressing down on Klice's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. Klice lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Klice working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well. Bob is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bob has momentary wrist control but Klice slips an elbow through the middle. Bob manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Klice manages to get himself to full guard.
Bob won't allow Klice to sweep him here. Bob has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage. Klice is still trying to improve position. 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 Ron Bob will probably get the nod. That's time! Bob's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Klice tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Bob is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klice. Bob tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klice was well out of range. Poor timing from Bob. Ron Bob seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bob pushes Klice up against the cage in a clinch. Bob jumps guard.
Bob working for a triangle but Klice defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Klice's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Klice content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Klice is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Bob looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Klice passes into half guard.
Bob tries to roll over but Klice keeps him under control. Klice lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Klice is thwarting Bob's attempts to control the position. Klice working over Bob with some ground and pound. Bob looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Nice strikes from Klice there. Klice looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bob with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Bob has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Klice. Oh but Bob has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Klice goes limp - he's gone! Bob jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ron Bob! Ron Bob really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KnockOut logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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