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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Knut Paulsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bosco Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paulsen's entrance music is Beyond the Permafrost. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Knut Paulsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bosco Brown!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulsen looks for the body kick but Brown saw that one coming.
Paulsen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Paulsen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brown throws a low kick but Paulsen moves out of range easily.
Paulsen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paulsen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brown at a distance.
Paulsen misses with a leg kick.
Brown tests Paulsen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brown moves out of range as Paulsen strikes.
Brown takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brown fails with the takedown.
Paulsen throws a chopping leg kick but Brown manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brown looks to throw the jab but Paulsen is out of range.
Brown looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Paulsen lands a leg kick that knocks Brown off balance momentarily.
Brown lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Paulsen throws a leg kick but Brown sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Paulsen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Paulsen wants to control but Brown postures up.
Brown misses with the ground and pound.
Paulsen is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Brown throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Brown working the ground and pound from side control.
Paulsen prevents Brown from moving into mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paulsen wants to control but Brown postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Brown tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Brown fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Brown has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Paulsen is trying to control Brown's posture but Brown avoids it.
Brown scoring with punches and elbows.
Paulsen is looking for a sweep.
Brown trying to control the position but Paulsen is working away.
Brown lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A control attempt from Paulsen but he's now mounted!
The referee warns Paulsen that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Paulsen is trying to escape the mount.
Paulsen taking shots to the head.
Paulsen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We've been hearing good reports from Paulsen's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Brown avoids the attempt from Paulsen to control.
Brown lands a couple of good shots and Paulsen has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen rolls, trying to escape but Brown keeps control of the position.
Brown missing with punches from the back.
Paulsen wants to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown is looking for a rear naked choke here but Paulsen reverses the position brilliantly into Brown's guard!
Paulsen wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bosco Brown dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Paulsen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Brown closes this distance looking for a takedown but Paulsen circles away.
Brown throws a head kick that misses.
Paulsen tries to land a front kick but Brown steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brown dives in and grabs Paulsen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Paulsen pushes down on Brown's head and hops out.
Paulsen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice sprawl there from Paulsen as Brown shoots in.
Knut Paulsen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bosco Brown.
Brown tries to score with a low kick but Paulsen moves his leg out of the way.
Paulsen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Paulsen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Paulsen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Paulsen.
Paulsen misses with a low kick.
Brown throws a chopping leg kick but Paulsen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Paulsen is looking to slow Brown down with leg kicks.
Paulsen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brown throws a low kick but it's checked well by Paulsen.
Paulsen connects with a solid leg kick.
Paulsen connects with a solid leg kick.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paulsen moves away.
Good leg kick by Paulsen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Paulsen lands a glancing blow to the side of Brown's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown 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.
Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Paulsen throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
Paulsen dodges the punch combination from Brown.
Brown 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Paulsen scores with a spinning back kick!
Brown takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Paulsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paulsen. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paulsen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paulsen misses with a body shot.
Brown throws out a loose jab but Paulsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paulsen throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Brown fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Paulsen avoids it really well and circles away.
Paulsen tries to land a front kick but Brown steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Paulsen walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brown checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Paulsen lands a head kick. Brown smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Bosco Brown has been cut.
Brown shoots in and drives through. Paulsen sprawls well.
Paulsen looks to throw the jab but Brown is out of range.
Paulsen lands with a good body shot.
Paulsen fails with the takedown
and Brown counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown throwing shots but Paulsen is blocking nicely.
Brown wants to control but Paulsen is keeping him busy.
Paulsen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Brown working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Paulsen wants to control but Brown passes into side.
Paulsen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Bosco Brown has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An elbow from Brown crashes against the mat.
Paulsen can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Knut Paulsen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bosco Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Paulsen throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side.
Paulsen connects with a body shot.
Paulsen throws a looping overhand right but Brown ducks down to avoid it.
Paulsen defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Brown looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Brown sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Paulsen tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
Paulsen moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulsen looking to control.
Paulsen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brown doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brown manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brown scoring with some ground and pound.
Paulsen wants to control but Brown passes easily into half guard.
Paulsen is refusing to be controlled, as Brown sits in half guard.
Paulsen tries to get to full guard but Brown has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Paulsen trying to control here.
Brown looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brown wants to pass the guard but Paulsen is defending well.
Brown is trying to control the action in half guard but Paulsen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brown looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Paulsen wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown working the head and body with strikes.
Paulsen moves into full guard.
Paulsen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Paulsen working a defensive guard but Brown passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen trying to control here.
Paulsen wants to get back to full guard.
Paulsen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brown's back!
Paulsen misses with a punch to the head.
Brown rolls, trying to escape but Paulsen keeps control of the position.
Brown is still trying to improve position.
Paulsen looking for the RNC.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bosco Brown.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bosco Brown!
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pop
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RATING
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