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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Blaze (ranked 871 p4p, 124 weight class) and Bruce Vanorden (ranked 1198 p4p, 165 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vanorden's choice of entrance music: Squad King Karter. Ragnar Blaze could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruce Vanorden's chin.
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213 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ragnar Blaze!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Vanorden!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze blocks a jab.
Blaze moves away from the strike by Vanorden.
Vanorden walks into a stiff left hand from Blaze.
Blaze pushes Vanorden up against the cage in a clinch.
I was talking to Blaze's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vanorden throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blazes head.
Vanorden tries to work over Blaze's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blaze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaze misses with a body punch.
Vanorden breaks from the clinch.
Vanorden dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blaze takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Blaze throws a sloppy head kick and Vanorden moves out of range easily.
Vanorden connects with a single shot there.
Vanorden misses the jab.
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!
Blaze closes the distance looking to clinch
and Vanorden counters with a right hand to the body.
Vanorden cracks Blaze with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanorden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice straight punches there by Blaze. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blaze.
Blaze misses with a double jab.
Blaze throws a right hand that Vanorden ducks under and follows up with a left that Vanorden also avoids with ease.
Vanorden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blaze has managed to clinch.
Blaze misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vanorden lands a left hand.
Blaze pushes Vanorden back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vanorden lands with a short shot to the head.
Vanorden blocking some punches.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Blaze lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanorden lands with a right to the head.
Blaze throws a punch but it's blocked by Vanorden.
Blaze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blaze throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vanorden.
Blaze tries to clinch there but Vanorden circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Some wild striking there from Blaze.
Blaze throws a body punch but Vanorden moves out of range.
Vanorden connects with the punch.
Blaze displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vanorden throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Blaze.
A slow jab from Vanorden misses its intended target.
Vanorden throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Blaze to counter with a crisp jab.
Blaze uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vanorden.
Vanorden jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vanorden avoids a kick to the body.
Blaze darts in trying to clinch
and Vanorden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blaze clinches with his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze misses with a punch to the body.
Vanorden manages to break the clinch.
Donk. Vanorden catches Blaze right on the button with a cross.
Vanorden uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blaze misses with a double jab.
Vanorden throws out a counter right but Blaze avoids it with no problem.
Blaze tries to land a front kick but Vanorden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
It seemed like Vanorden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vanorden swats away the attempt to clinch by Blaze.
Blaze doesn't manage to clinch there - Vanorden circles away.
Vanorden looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Vanorden misses with a looping right.
Vanorden misses with a looping right.
Vanorden looks to land a right hand but Blaze moved out of range.
Jab from Vanorden.
Blaze moves into the clinch successfully.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but Vanorden avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden working aggressively here.
Vanorden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanorden misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaze blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vanorden breaks the clinch.
Vanorden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vanorden connects with a right hand. Blaze shakes it off.
Ragnar Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vanorden thuds a left hand into Blaze's body.
Vanorden scores with a nice right hand.
Blaze tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vanorden manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blaze looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vanorden might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Vanorden connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaze is looking to score with low kicks.
Blaze shoots in but Vanorden avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vanorden lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Vanorden dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Blaze closes the distance and clinches.
Vanorden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Vanorden.
Vanorden lands a jab to the nose.
Bruce Vanorden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vanorden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blaze.
Blaze takes one on the button.
Blaze is rocked!
Blaze misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Vanorden on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oh Blaze is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blaze tries to clinch up but Vanorden circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaze seems to have got his legs back now.
Vanorden misses with a looping left.
Blaze looks to land a left hand but Vanorden moved out of range nicely.
Vanorden drops Blaze with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Blaze looks back up at him and smiles so Vanorden waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blaze throws a shot from downtown. Vanorden moves away and avoids it.
Ragnar Blaze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vanorden misses with an uppercut.
Blaze throws a series of punches but Vanorden avoids them all with ease.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch but Vanorden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaze fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vanorden throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blaze on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Vanorden lands a beautiful left hook that drops Blaze. Blaze tries to recover but Vanorden is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Blaze lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Vanorden!
Bruce Vanorden is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Bruce Vanorden thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Ragnar Blaze was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks for coming '.
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