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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Wallstrom (ranked 842 p4p, 92 weight class) and Scott John (ranked 442 p4p, 44 weight class). Wallstrom comes to the cage accompanied by Millencolin/ Kemp. 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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250 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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270 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bjorn Wallstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott John!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallstrom lunges at John with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by John's hand.
Wallstrom bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bjorn Wallstrom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John ducks under a wild hook from Wallstrom.
John has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wallstrom has John up against the cage in a clinch.
Wallstrom throws a head punch that misses.
Wallstrom lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down John.
Wallstrom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, John creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wallstrom slowing the pace effectively.
John misses with a punch on the inside.
Wallstrom throws a head punch that misses.
John throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wallstrom tries to work over John's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by John.
John's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch on the inside from John fails to land.
Wallstrom tries to land knees in the clinch but John avoids the damage to the body.
Wallstrom misses with the head strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John pushes Wallstrom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wallstrom avoids the elbow strike from John, against the cage.
John crunches a lovely knee into Wallstrom's ribcage.
Wallstrom is breathing heavily.
John pushes Wallstrom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John breaks the clinch.
Wallstrom misses with a hook.
John scores with a hook.
It looks like Bjorn Wallstrom has been cut.
John moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by John as he connects with a hook.
Wallstrom has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from John finds it's way round the side to connect with Wallstrom's head.
John closes the distance and clinches.
John lands a damaging elbow.
Wallstrom is rocked!
John lands with a right to the head.
Oh Wallstrom is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
John pushes Wallstrom against the cage. John is working some dirty boxing. John pushes off with a quick right hook! Wallstrom goes down! Wallstrom tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! John moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott John!
Scott John very nearly forgot to thank Dauntless amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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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
RATING
68% |
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