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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ret Ired (ranked 2158 p4p, 239 weight class) and Sebastian Halstenberg (ranked 2499 p4p, 276 weight class). Halstenberg is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 lbs
13 - 5 - 1 |
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185 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Decent boxing
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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
13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ret Ired!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastian Halstenberg!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halstenberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Halstenberg misses with a two punch combination.
Halstenberg avoids the head kick by Ired.
Ired connects with a solid leg kick.
Halstenberg misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Halstenberg misses.
Ired looking to score a takedown here. Halstenberg is defending well but Ired drives through and ends up in Halstenberg's guard.
Ired sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ired throws a strike but Halstenberg rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ired is on top in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ired keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Halstenberg's head.
Ired working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ired with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ired with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ired throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Halstenberg works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ired trying to control the position from guard on top but Halstenberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ired's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ired's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ired sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Halstenberg's guard.
Ired looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ired 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.
Ired is keen to just control but Halstenberg is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ired decides to return to a standing position.
Halstenberg fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sebastian Halstenberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Halstenberg lands a left and a right that send Ired crashing to the mat, dazed. Halstenberg thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Ret Ired has been cut.
A jab from Halstenberg finds it's way through Ired's defenses.
Halstenberg takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ired closes the distance and clinches.
Ired has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Halstenberg is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A frustrated look appears on Halstenberg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ired is trying to trip Halstenberg. He has hold of a leg but Halstenberg is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Ired persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ired stands up and waves to Halstenberg to follow him.
Halstenberg looks to land a combination but Ired avoids it well.
Ired closes the distance and clinches.
Ired turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Halstenberg being controlled for a moment.
Halstenberg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ired. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Halstenberg dodges the ground and pound from Ired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ired is looking to take a break and control but Halstenberg is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ired has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Halstenberg!
Halstenberg blocking the ground and pound.
Ired looking to ground and pound but Halstenberg is blocking nicely.
Ired is landing with some decent strikes but Halstenberg is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
It looks like Sebastian Halstenberg has been cut.
Ired lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ired punching from mount but Halstenberg doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Halstenberg's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ired throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Halstenberg is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Ired tries to control but Halstenberg wriggling away.
Ired sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Halstenberg is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ired lands a couple of good shots and Halstenberg has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
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!
Halstenberg staying busy and making it hard for Ired to control.
Ired lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ret Ired dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Halstenberg tries to keep at a distance but Ired has taken the fight into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ired.
Halstenberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circling - Halstenberg throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Halstenberg lands a right hook to the body.
Halstenberg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Halstenberg throws a shot from downtown. Ired moves away and avoids it.
Ired seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ired dodges the punch combination from Halstenberg.
Halstenberg scores with a three punch combo!
Halstenberg circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ired moves into the clinch.
Halstenberg working hard to break the clinch.
Halstenberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Ired has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Halstenberg's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ired looking for a takedown.
Ired just leaning against Halstenberg, taking a breather.
Halstenberg tries to break the clinch but Ired is controlling the position.
Ired has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Halstenberg avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Halstenberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ired's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Halstenberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Ired.
Ired clinches.
Halstenberg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ired has him pressed against the cage.
Ired keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Halstenberg's efforts to push away.
Halstenberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ired gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Halstenberg regains guard.
Halstenberg utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ired is pushing down on Halstenberg's leg trying to pass to half guard. Halstenberg is fighting to maintain full guard but Ired has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ired trying to control the action but Halstenberg is working from the bottom.
Halstenberg looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ired throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ret Ired overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ired wants to lay and pray for a moment but Halstenberg keeps working.
Ired working Halstenberg over with strikes.
Ired scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Halstenberg is staying active underneath Ired, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ired not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ired not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ired thows a huge punch but Halstenberg dodges it nicely.
Ired thows a huge punch but Halstenberg dodges it nicely.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ired lands a nice short elbow.
Ired content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ired working over Halstenberg with some ground and pound. Halstenberg looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Halstenberg tries to kick Ired off but Ired keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Halstenberg is staying active underneath Ired, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ired is nestled in close to Halstenberg, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Ired there.
Ired is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Halstenberg can do to turn this around?
Halstenberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ired thows a huge punch but Halstenberg dodges it nicely.
Ired trying to pass the guard but Halstenberg defending well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Halstenberg can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ired not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ired seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Halstenberg does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Halstenberg pushes Ired off looking to stand but Ired dives back in and keeps control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ired wants to lay and pray for a moment but Halstenberg keeps working.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ired fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ret Ired dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ired drops Halstenberg with a beautiful combination! Halstenberg stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ired is looking for the KO!
That has opened up Sebastian Halstenberg's cut even more.
Sebastian Halstenberg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Halstenberg fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ired manages to avoid it.
Ired lands a big right hook! Halstenberg looks hurt but is still standing! Ired lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Halstenberg falls down and Ired dives in with a huge hammer fist! Halstenberg's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and Ired runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Ret Ired!
Ret Ired took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sully's Bar & Grill for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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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
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