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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Basten Sodergren (ranked 172 p4p, 27 weight class) and Beast Boy (ranked 184 p4p, 28 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Basten Sodergren has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Basten Sodergren seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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180 cm
36
192 lbs
36 - 15 - 1 |
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185 cm
37
187 lbs
34 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
36 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Basten Sodergren! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
34 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beast Boy! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A looping hook to the body misses from Boy. Sodergren does a little dance to reset his feet. Sodergren lands a high kick!
Boy lands a body shot.
Sodergren throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Boy counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters. Sodergren delivers a nice body kick. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sodergren, right into the meat.
Sodergren thows a left - swing and a miss! Boy throws a body shot but no joy. Sodergren tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Sodergren takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Boy scores with a hook. Sodergren pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Boy looks to throw the jab but Sodergren is out of range. Boy lands a nice looking body shot.
Boy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sodergren rather than just go for the knockout. Sodergren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sodergren walks into a jab. Boy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Good leg kick by Sodergren there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sodergren moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Sodergren throws a solid leg kick but Boy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sodergren. Sodergren with a nice cross. Sodergren avoids the body shot from Boy.
Sodergren moves out of range as Boy strikes. Boy throws a body punch but Sodergren moves out of range. Sodergren swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sodergren.
Sodergren's jab looks to have found its range, popping Boy under the eye. Sodergren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sodergren feinted there with a counter leg kick. Boy checks the leg kick. Boy with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Boy connects with a crisp jab. Sodergren slips under a jab. Sodergren throws a hook but Boy avoids it easily. Boy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sodergren manages to avoid it. Boy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Sodergren thumps Boy with a low kick. A clash of legs there as Boy blocks the low kick. Boy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sodergren with a body shot. Boy lands with a straight right. Sodergren didn't see that one coming. Sodergren doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Boy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Boy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Sodergren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boy throws a lazy right hand but Sodergren sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. It looked like Sodergren wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Sodergren throws a leg kick and Boy counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Boy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Sodergren steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boy. Sodergren cracks a nice hook into Boy's ribs. A big right from Sodergren misses. Sodergren ducks under a wild hook from Boy. Sodergren tried to score with a low kick but Boy checks it. Boy moves out of range of the body kick. A nice inside leg kick there by Sodergren. That's going to slow Boy down. Sodergren on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Boy. Boy obviously looking to wear him down.
Some bone on bone action there as Boy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Sodergren slips under a jab from Boy. Sodergren scores with the left hand. Boy knows he should have avoided that one. Boy lands with a good body shot. Boy misses with an uppercut. Sodergren saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Boy misses with a left hand and Sodergren counters with an inside leg kick. Boy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Sodergren tries to land a leg kick but Boy saw it coming and moves away.
Sodergren blocks a jab. Boy throws a hook but Sodergren avoids it easily. Boy darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Sodergren looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Sodergren loads up on a big right hand but Boy slips the punch. Sodergren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boy.
Boy defending well as Sodergren loads up on a big left hand. Boy takes a swing at Sodergren's ribcage but misses. Boy works Sodergren's body with a nice hook. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A nice leg kick lands there from Boy. Sodergren moves into the clinch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beast Boy dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sodergren throws a leg kick which misses Boy's front leg but catches the back leg as Boy tries to avoid it. A looping hook to the body misses from Boy. Sodergren does a little dance to reset his feet. Sodergren blocks a jab. Sodergren takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Boy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. A nice inside leg kick there by Boy. That's going to slow Sodergren down. Boy gets tackled into the cage by Sodergren. Sodergren maintains the clinch. Boy crunches a lovely knee into Sodergren's ribcage. Boy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sodergren is defending well for now. Boy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sodergren in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Boy scores with an uppercut up the middle. Sodergren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Sodergren breaks the clinch.
Sodergren throws a leg kick and Boy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Beast Boy seems to be getting the better of the standup. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Boy misses with a straight right. Sodergren feints and then cracks Boy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Boy down. A telegraphed right hand from Boy misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Boy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Good standup being displayed there by Boy as he connects with a hook. Sodergren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Boy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Sodergren lands a leg kick that knocks Boy off balance momentarily. Sodergren tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target. Sodergren throws a shot from downtown. Boy moves away and avoids it. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sodergren 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 Boy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Boy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. It seemed like Boy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Boy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Boy scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Boy. Sodergren does a little dance to reset his feet. A counter left hand to the body from Sodergren misses its target. Boy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sodergren looks to land a right hand but Boy moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Boy swats away the attempt to clinch by Sodergren. Boy scores with a jab to the head.
Sodergren's corner calls for a 1-2. Sodergren obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Sodergren throws a leg kick that is checked and Boy counters with a nice leg kick. Sodergren misses with a body shot.
Boy lands a right hook to the body.
Sodergren throws a hook but Boy avoids it easily. Sodergren throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Boy counters with a lovely straight right hand! Sodergren doesn't manage to clinch there - Boy circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Boy 's head but he takes it in his stride. Sodergren moves out of range of the strikes. Boy connects with a body shot that sends Sodergren's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sodergren. Boy now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Boy looks for the body kick but Sodergren saw that one coming. Sodergren throws a wild body kick that Boy sees coming a mile off. Boy misses the shot to the body. Sodergren catches Boy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Boy loads up on a big right hand but Sodergren slips the punch. Boy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sodergren throws a leg kick which misses Boy's front leg but catches the back leg as Boy tries to avoid it. Boy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sodergren at a distance.
Sodergren throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Sodergren lands a body shot.
Boy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sodergren.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Boy.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Boy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Sodergren fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Boy checks it well. A nice leg kick lands there from Sodergren. Boy has been the more effective fighter overall so far. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Boy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sodergren on the side of the head. A bone on bone clash there as Boy blocks the leg kick.
Boy throws out a loose jab but Sodergren uses good head movement to avoid it. Sodergren appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. Boy lands a nice shot that snaps Sodergren's head back.
Boy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Boy stuns Sodergren with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Boy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Sodergren has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Boy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boy misses with a wild body shot. Sodergren tried to counter with a leg kick but Boy avoided it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Beast Boy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. 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. This is the final round!
The fighters circling - Sodergren throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Boy just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Boy. Beautiful body shot. Sodergren misses with a leg kick. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Sodergren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Boy takes one to the chin there. Boy connects with a body shot that sends Sodergren's belly button to the back. Sodergren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boy was well out of range. Poor timing from Sodergren. Boy catches Sodergren with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Boy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sodergren counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Sodergren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sodergren connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. A big right from Boy misses. Sodergren swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round. Donk. Boy catches Sodergren right on the button with a cross. Sodergren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boy.
Boy connects with a crisp jab. Sodergren looks to throw the jab but Boy is out of range. Sodergren moves into range and connects with a jab. Boy lands a body shot.
Boy ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Sodergren keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boy. A good leg kick by Sodergren. Boy misses with a straight right. Boy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sodergren looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Boy cracks a nice hook into Sodergren's ribs. Boy looks to land a left hand but Sodergren moved out of range nicely. Basten Sodergren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Boy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Boy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Boy takes a body punch but keeps moving. Sodergren finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sodergren defending well as Boy loads up on a big left hand. Sodergren ducks under a wild hook from Boy. Sodergren swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sodergren tries to clinch but Boy moves away and Boy counters with a lovely straight right hand! Sodergren tries to clinch but Boy is having none of it. Boy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Sodergren looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Boy throws a looping overhand right but Sodergren ducks down to avoid it. Sodergren throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boy. Boy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Boy misses with a looping right. Sodergren walks into a left hand. Sodergren misses with a low kick.
Sodergren scores with a kick to the midsection. Boy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Sodergren darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Sodergren pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Sodergren tries to work over Boy's front leg with a kick but Boy checks it. Sodergren attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Sodergren misses with a left hand and Boy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Sodergren looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Boy misses the jab. Sodergren looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger. Sodergren throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Boy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Sodergren displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boy throws out the jab. Boy lands with a shot to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! Sodergren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sodergren takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. A lazy left from Boy finds it's target. Boy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Sodergren throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Boy counters with a stiff right hand. Boy takes a swing at Sodergren's ribcage but misses. As Boy backs away, Sodergren returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sodergren, right into the meat.
Boy lands a head shot.
Sodergren is rocked! Boy cracks Sodergren with a good jab. Oh Sodergren is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Decent striking displayed by Boy there.
And that's the end of the fight! Beast Boy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Boy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30 Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30 Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Beast Boy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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