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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ansgar Axelsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Axelsson comes to the cage accompanied by one bourbon one scotch one beer. The crowd seem to be enjoying Michaels's choice of entrance music: Gimme Shelter. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ansgar Axelsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Axelsson slips under a jab.
Axelsson tries to land a front kick but Michaels steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Michaels throws a body punch but Axelsson moves out of range.
Michaels throws the left hand but Axelsson avoids the punch easily.
Michaels lands with a good body shot.
Michaels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Michaels tries to bum rush Axelsson with a series of wild strikes but Axelsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Axelsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Axelsson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
Michaels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Michaels lands with a good body shot.
Axelsson slips under a jab from Michaels.
Michaels is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Axelsson.
Axelsson scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Axelsson cracks the inside of Michaels's front leg.
Michaels misses the jab.
Axelsson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Michaels takes a step back to recover.
Axelsson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Michaels checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Michaels.
Axelsson closes the distance and clinches.
Michaels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michaels takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Michaels catches Axelsson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Axelsson misses with a low kick.
Axelsson throws a series of punches but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michaels scores with a jab.
It looks like Ansgar Axelsson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Axelsson defending well as Michaels loads up on a big left hand.
Michaels lands a nice looking body shot.
Michaels takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good standup being displayed there by Axelsson as he connects with a hook.
Axelsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Michaels waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Axelsson.
Axelsson misses with a double jab.
Michaels throws a jab but it's blocked by Axelsson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels throws a hook to the side of Axelsson's head but Axelsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Axelsson throws a head kick but Michaels moves out of range.
Axelsson throws a body punch but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels scores with a decent looking hook.
Michaels takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Karl Michaels has been cut.
Axelsson looks to land a right hand but Michaels moved out of range.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Axelsson.
Axelsson misses with a right hand
and Michaels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Michaels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Axelsson throws a leg kick but Michaels sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Axelsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Axelsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michaels misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Michaels 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.
Axelsson clinches up against the cage.
Michaels blocks a body shot from Axelsson.
Michaels manages to break the clinch.
Axelsson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Axelsson tries to work over Michaels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Michaels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick by Michaels misses
and Axelsson counters with a low kick, right behind Michaels 's knee.
Axelsson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab by Axelsson.
Axelsson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Michaels tries a head kick but it misses.
Axelsson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Michaels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A slow jab from Michaels misses its intended target.
Michaels moves away from the strike by Axelsson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Axelsson throws a body punch but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Axelsson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Michaels throws a shot from downtown. Axelsson moves away and avoids it.
Axelsson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michaels.
Axelsson works Michaels's body with a nice hook.
Axelsson tries to clinch but Michaels moves out of range.
Axelsson closes the distance and clinches.
Axelsson stalls.
Axelsson misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Axelsson tries to throw a body punch but Michaels avoids it by throwing Axelsson back against the cage.
Axelsson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Axelsson misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ansgar Axelsson dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Axelsson tries to clinch up.
Michaels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Axelsson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Axelsson 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 Michaels has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Michaels and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Michaels misses with an uppercut. Axelsson saw that one coming.
Axelsson moves out of range as Michaels strikes.
Axelsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Michaels takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Michaels scores with the left hand. Axelsson knows he should have avoided that one.
Michaels listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ansgar Axelsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Michaels loads up on a big right hand but Axelsson slips the punch.
Axelsson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Michaels in his tracks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Axelsson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Axelsson is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Axelsson.
Axelsson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Michaels swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Axelsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Axelsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Michaels.
Michaels misses with a hook. Axelsson ducked under it nicely.
Axelsson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Axelsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Axelsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michaels has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Axelsson.
Axelsson catches Michaels with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Axelsson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Michaels is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Axelsson flashes Michaels a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Michaels's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Michaels crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Axelsson punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ansgar Axelsson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ansgar Axelsson thanked {R.W} Four Aces Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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