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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Sands (ranked 2309 p4p, 55 weight class) and Tor Iceberg (ranked 2859 p4p, 116 weight class). Sands comes to the cage accompanied by Hip Hop - By: Dead Prez. Iceberg is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Manowar - Hail and Kill. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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10 - 6 - 1 |
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281 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Sands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tor Iceberg!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iceberg lands with a nice body punch.
Sands connects with a jab.
Sands avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sands lands with a hook. Iceberg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
It looks like Tor Iceberg has been cut.
Iceberg tries to clinch but Sands moves away
and Sands counters with a stiff right hand.
Iceberg tries to clinch but Sands moves out of range.
Sands is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The fighters circling - Sands throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Iceberg changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sands cracks Iceberg with an open hand slap.
Iceberg throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Iceberg fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sands chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A swing and a miss from Sands.
Iceberg wants to clinch up but Sands keeps it at a distance.
Iceberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sands cracks Iceberg with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sands lands a lovely overhand right.
Sands shoots in but no luck this time.
Sands connects with a good right hand that stumbles Iceberg. Iceberg circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sands moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Iceberg clinches up against the cage.
Sands breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sands decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Iceberg avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sands.
Iceberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sands throwing shots but Iceberg is blocking nicely.
Sands throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sands missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sands thows a huge punch but Iceberg dodges it nicely.
Sands 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.
Sands sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Iceberg defending well though.
Sands with the ground and pound but Iceberg uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Iceberg keeping moving, preventing Sands from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sands stands up over Iceberg, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sands with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sands with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sands loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Iceberg trying to control the position.
Sands will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sands in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sands loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sands throwing strikes but missing.
Sands is looking to work some ground and pound but Iceberg has wrist control.
Sands trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sands is looking to work some ground and pound but Iceberg has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sands accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sands working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sands landing some decent shots from guard.
Sands throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sands trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sands throws an elbow that misses. Iceberg uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sands's guard. Nice move by Iceberg!
Sands working a defensive guard here.
Sands trying to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sands looking to hit a scissor sweep but Iceberg is one step ahead there.
Sands looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Iceberg seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Sands dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tor Iceberg's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sands avoids a kick to the body.
Sands is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Iceberg tries to clinch up but Sands circles away and keeps his distance.
Carl Sands seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sands looks to score with a jab to the body but Iceberg is just out of range.
Sands throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Iceberg's waist but Iceberg gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sands off to one side.
Sands blocks the body kick.
Iceberg uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sands.
Nice jab there from Sands.
Sands throws a hook to the side of Iceberg's head but Iceberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sands is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Iceberg can do to turn this around?
Sands cracks Iceberg with an open hand slap.
Sands blocks a low kick nicely.
Iceberg thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sands throws the left hand but Iceberg avoids the punch easily.
Iceberg gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Iceberg blocks a head kick by Sands.
Iceberg is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sands.
Iceberg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sands connects with the punch.
Iceberg swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sands seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Sands catches Iceberg with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sands thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sands throws out a loose jab but Iceberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Sands.
The fighters circling - Sands throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looks like Sands has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Tor Iceberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Iceberg misses with a lunging right hand
and Sands counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sands throws a big right hand that misses.
Sands with a flurry of punches that miss.
Iceberg tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Iceberg utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sands lands a couple of elbows.
Sands missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sands looking to sit in guard and control but Iceberg gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sands is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iceberg engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Sands is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Iceberg wants to pass the guard but Sands is keeping the position.
Sands has Iceberg pulled in close to control his posture.
Sands keeping moving, preventing Iceberg from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sands looking to hit a scissor sweep but Iceberg is one step ahead there.
Sands lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sands throwing strikes from guard but Iceberg blocks nicely.
Sands throws a big right hand that misses.
Sands throwing strikes from guard but Iceberg blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sands is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sands accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sands trying to control but Iceberg is working from the bottom.
Sands makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sands throws a big elbow that misses.
Sands throws an elbow that misses. Iceberg uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sands's guard. Nice move by Iceberg!
Sands looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sands is working hard here to advance position.
Iceberg controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sands is trying to keep Iceberg in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Sands dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tor Iceberg's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Iceberg moves away from the strike by Sands.
Iceberg is looking to clinch.
Iceberg wants to clinch.
Sands uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That has opened up Tor Iceberg's cut even more.
Carl Sands is winning the standup battle so far.
Sands throws a hook to the side of Iceberg's head but Iceberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sands jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A lazy left from Sands finds it's target.
Iceberg takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Iceberg gets caught flat footed, as Sands shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Sands throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Iceberg works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sands landing some decent shots from guard.
The cut above Tor Iceberg's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sands is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Iceberg is rocked!
Tor Iceberg's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tor Iceberg's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Carl Sands!
Carl Sands seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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