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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ludvig Ericsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stew Sauced (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sauced has chosen Irish Jig as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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212 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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207 lbs
13 - 13 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ludvig Ericsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stew Sauced!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ericsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sauced throws out the jab.
Ericsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sauced manages to avoid it.
Ericsson misses with a body kick.
Ludvig Ericsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ericsson catches Sauced with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ericsson forces Sauced back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from Sauced.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sauced.
I was talking to Ericsson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sauced wants to break free but Ericsson has control.
Ericsson tries to stall but Sauced uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sauced.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sauced tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ericsson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sauced backwards.
Ericsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sauced's efforts to push away.
Sauced looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sauced looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ericsson wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Ericsson.
Sauced working hard to break the clinch.
Ericsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Sauced uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sauced breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ericsson gets a takedown into half guard.
Still in half guard, Ericsson seems content to control.
Ericsson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sauced's head.
Ericsson controlling the pace.
Sauced is pressing down on Ericsson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ericsson throwing strikes from guard but Sauced blocks nicely.
Ericsson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sauced trying to control the position.
Ericsson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ericsson is stalling in the full guard.
Sauced controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sauced ducks under a wild hook from Ericsson.
Ericsson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ericsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sauced throws out a counter right but Ericsson avoids it with no problem.
Sauced lands a glancing blow to the side of Ericsson's head.
Ericsson throws a series of strikes that have Sauced backpedaling.
It looks like Stew Sauced has been cut.
Good shot there by Sauced.
Ericsson connects with a solid leg kick.
Sauced has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sauced there as he acknowledges the shot.
A clash of legs there as Sauced blocks the low kick.
Sauced needs to keep his hands up - Ericsson had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sauced digs a good body shot into Ericsson's ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sauced. Ericsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sauced takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sauced is rocked!
Ericsson circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Sauced to the canvas! Sauced doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Ericsson keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ludvig Ericsson!
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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
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