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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pittsburgh Steelers (ranked 1308 p4p, 68 weight class) and Bjorn Ragnarsson (ranked 995 p4p, 52 weight class). Pittsburgh Steelers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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285 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
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276 lbs
21 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pittsburgh Steelers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bjorn Ragnarsson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steelers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ragnarsson.
Steelers thinks about countering with a head kick.
Steelers misses with a body shot.
Ragnarsson 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.
No joy there for Steelers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Steelers backs off Ragnarsson throws a huge counter combo but Steelers manages to avoid it all.
Steelers throws a one two combo.
It looks like Bjorn Ragnarsson has been cut.
Steelers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ragnarsson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Steelers has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Steel's Grappling Penn in the buildup to the fight.
Steelers lands a big right hand that sends Ragnarsson crashing to the mat! Steelers stays standing though and waves Ragnarsson back to his feet!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ragnarsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steelers.
Ragnarsson throws a leg kick which misses Steelers's front leg but catches the back leg as Steelers tries to avoid it.
Steelers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Steelers is looking to slow Ragnarsson down with leg kicks.
Pittsburgh Steelers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steelers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ragnarsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Steelers moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRagnarsson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steelers lands a big uppercut and Ragnarsson crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ragnarsson looks OK. Steelers waves Ragnarsson back to his feet!
That has opened up Bjorn Ragnarsson's cut even more.
Steelers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Ragnarsson misses its intended target.
Ragnarsson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ragnarsson avoids the head kick by Steelers.
Steelers misses with a left hand
and Steelers takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steelers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steelers misses with a combination
and Ragnarsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Pittsburgh Steelers has been cut.
Steelers tries a low kick but Ragnarsson avoids it.
Whack! Steelers lands a heavy head kick that drops Ragnarsson. The ref tackles Steelers to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Ragnarsson was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Pittsburgh Steelers!
Pittsburgh Steelers spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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