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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Harper (ranked 2938 p4p, 105 weight class) and Patrick Chaelsson (ranked 2364 p4p, 104 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm
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205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
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284 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Harper! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Chaelsson! The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Chaelsson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Chaelsson throws a strike aimed at the side of Harper's head but Harper avoids it well. Harper knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chaelsson on the ground. Chaelsson lands an elbow. Chaelsson lands a decent elbow from side control. Chaelsson throws a strike aimed at the side of Harper's head but Harper avoids it well. Chaelsson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Harper some visible discomfort.
Chaelsson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Chaelsson in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. Chaelsson lands some shots froms side control. Chaelsson looks up at the clock and then as Harper takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Chaelsson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Harper managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Chaelsson.
Chaelsson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Chaelsson taking a breather here. Chaelsson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Chaelsson slows the pace down. Harper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Chaelsson connects with a decent elbow. Harper is trying to get back to half guard. Harper has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Chaelsson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Harper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Chaelsson connects with a decent elbow. Harper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Chaelsson connects with a decent elbow. Harper defending against the ground and pound. Chaelsson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. Harper is looking to regain half guard here but Chaelsson keeps moving and retains side control. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Chaelsson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. Chaelsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Harper is breathing heavily. Harper takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Harper avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Chaelsson. Chaelsson working the head with strikes. Chaelsson working the head and body with strikes. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Harper avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Chaelsson. Harper is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Harper takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head. Harper dodges the ground and pound from Chaelsson.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Chaelsson grinds an elbow into Harper's temple. A lull in the action here as Chaelsson stalls from top position. Chaelsson scores with punches from side control.
It looks like Chris Harper has been cut. Chaelsson in side control lands a decent elbow. Chaelsson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while. Chaelsson grinds an elbow into Harper's temple.
Harper is rocked! Chaelsson in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Harper looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Chaelsson turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Patrick Chaelsson! After the fight, Patrick Chaelsson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
46% |
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