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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mihai Viteazul (ranked 3374 p4p, 392 weight class) and Daniel Bornholm (ranked 4035 p4p, 449 weight class). Viteazul's entrance music is Capul lui Mihai Viteazul. A fine choice. Daniel Bornholm has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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189 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mihai Viteazul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Bornholm!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bornholm lands with a good body shot.
Viteazul shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bornholm defends it nicely.
Bornholm moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Viteazul scores with a takedown into Bornholm's guard.
Bornholm pulls Viteazul in close to prevent any damage.
Viteazul won't allow Bornholm to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bornholm is controlling Viteazul's posture.
We've been hearing good reports from Viteazul's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Bornholm's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Viteazul throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bornholm works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bornholm has momentary wrist control but Viteazul slips an elbow through the middle.
Bornholm pulls Viteazul in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bornholm looking to hit a scissor sweep but Viteazul is one step ahead there.
Bornholm is pulling down on Viteazul's head. It's preventing any offense from Viteazul, at least for the moment.
Bornholm will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Bornholm is trying to control the position but Viteazul postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bornholm pulls Viteazul in close to prevent any damage.
Bornholm striking off his back but it's not causing Viteazul any problems.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bornholm connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good leg kick by Bornholm there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bornholm throws a nice head kick!
Bornholm looks to land a body kick but Viteazul moved away.
Bornholm bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Viteazul's head backwards.
Bornholm tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Viteazul seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Viteazul.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bornholm! But no joy.
Daniel Bornholm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Viteazul checks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Bornholm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Viteazul misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bornholm throws a wild body kick that Viteazul sees coming a mile off.
Bornholm lands a big head kick that sends Viteazul to the canvas! Bornholm follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Bornholm!
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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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