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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Gelfen (ranked 2796 p4p, 283 weight class) and Ricco Torres (ranked 2625 p4p, 270 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eddie Gelfen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricco Torres!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres shoots in but Gelfen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gelfen lands a jab.
Gelfen dives in and scores a takedown into Torres's guard.
Torres uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Torres tries to move into range but Gelfen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gelfen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gelfen wants it to stay on the feet.
Eddie Gelfen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gelfen looks to land a right hand but Torres moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gelfen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torres moves away.
Gelfen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Torres's hands.
Nice defenses there by Gelfen.
Gelfen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Torres counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Gelfen!
Gelfen dodges the ground and pound from Torres.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gelfen is trying to improve his position.
Gelfen can't do much from the bottom here.
Torres cracks Gelfen with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Torres working away.
Torres wants to take a breather but Gelfen manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Torres.
Torres is looking to work some ground and pound but Gelfen has wrist control.
Torres has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Torres working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Gelfen manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Torres has Gelfen in his guard.
Gelfen gets to his feet. Torres looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Torres cracks Gelfen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gelfen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gelfen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Torres.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gelfen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Torres has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Torres and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gelfen throws a poor cross that misses
and Torres counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Torres defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gelfen.
Torres misses with a low kick.
Gelfen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Torres.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres fails with a takedown attempt.
Eddie Gelfen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricco Torres.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Torres misses the target.
Gelfen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A slow jab from Torres misses its intended target.
Gelfen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Torres looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Torres throws a shot from downtown. Gelfen moves away and avoids it.
Gelfen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gelfen.
Gelfen closes the distance and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Torres.
I was talking to Gelfen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gelfen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gelfen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Torres, pushing him back against the cage.
Torres wants a takedown but no success here.
Gelfen misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gelfen lands a shot to the body.
Torres misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gelfen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torres tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gelfen's elbow.
Gelfen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gelfen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torres manages to break the clinch.
Gelfen misses the shot to the body.
Gelfen looks to land a combination but Torres avoids it well.
Gelfen defending well as Torres loads up on a big left hand.
Torres throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Gelfen counter with a right hand.
Torres misses with an uppercut
and Gelfen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gelfen looks for the body kick but Torres saw that one coming.
Torres misses with a straight left.
Gelfen misses with an uppercut. Torres saw that one coming.
Torres flicks out a counter leg kick but Gelfen steps away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Gelfen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Torres scores with a nice right hand.
Gelfen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Torres. That did some damage!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Gelfen enables Torres to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gelfen manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Torres wanted to stand there but Gelfen had control of the position.
Torres drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Gelfen dives on top into guard.
Torres is trying to keep Gelfen in close.
Gelfen trying to control the position from guard on top but Torres is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torres wants to control but Gelfen passes easily into half guard.
Ricco Torres has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gelfen seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gelfen throwing shots but Torres is blocking nicely.
Torres is doing well to control the position and prevent Gelfen from advancing to side control.
Torres felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Gelfen wants to stand up but Torres manages to regain full guard.
Torres tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gelfen stands up from Torres's guard - Gelfen perhaps looking for a knockout.
Torres has his takedown stuffed
and Gelfen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Torres jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gelfen throws a combination that misses
and Torres connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Torres misses the jab.
Gelfen throws a quick counter head kick but Torres was just out of range.
Gelfen has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres goes for a takedown attempt but Gelfen pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Torres has his takedown stuffed
and Gelfen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torres is rocked!
Eddie Gelfen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricco Torres.
Gelfen measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Torres! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Eddie Gelfen!
Eddie Gelfen tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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