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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Tatum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reynir Sverrisson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reynir Sverrisson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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224 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelvin Tatum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Reynir Sverrisson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum thuds a left hand into Sverrisson's body.
Tatum rushes Sverrisson and presses him up against the cage.
Tatum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sverrisson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tatum cracks Sverrisson with a good jab.
Tatum throws a body shot but no joy.
Tatum takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tatum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tatum fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tatum throws a looping overhand right but Sverrisson ducks down to avoid it.
Tatum tries to clinch up but Sverrisson circles away and keeps his distance.
Tatum instigates a clinch.
I was talking to Tatum's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tatum lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sverrisson backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tatum with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sverrisson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tatum's elbow.
Sverrisson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tatum fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sverrisson on the side of the head.
It looks like Reynir Sverrisson has been cut.
A big right from Tatum misses.
Tatum lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sverrisson circles away quickly and effectively.
Sverrisson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum throws a hook but Sverrisson blocks it.
Sverrisson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tatum's calf.
Tatum misses with a wild body shot.
Tatum pushes Sverrisson up against the cage in a clinch.
Sverrisson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tatum throws a wild body kick that Sverrisson sees coming a mile off.
Tatum jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tatum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tatum checks a low kick from Sverrisson.
Sverrisson jabs Tatum right on the nose. Tatum blinks but takes it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sverrisson, right into the meat.
Tatum swings for the body but Sverrisson moves out of range.
Sverrisson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tatum swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sverrisson throws a sloppy head kick and Tatum moves out of range easily.
Tatum is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
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!
Tatum works Sverrisson's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sverrisson throws a shot to the body.
Sverrisson tries to land a front kick but Tatum steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sverrisson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tatum.
Donk. Tatum catches Sverrisson right on the button with a cross.
Tatum clinches up against the cage.
Tatum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sverrisson's elbow.
Tatum scores with a shoulder strike.
Tatum effectively controlling the action here.
Sverrisson pushes Tatum back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tatum scores with a shoulder strike.
Sverrisson breaks the clinch.
Tatum wants to clinch up but Sverrisson keeps it at a distance.
Tatum tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sverrisson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sverrisson feints a counter leg kick.
Kelvin Tatum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tatum thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sverrisson ducks under a wild hook from Tatum.
Sverrisson tries a quick counter leg kick but Tatum is wise to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatum checks the leg kick.
Tatum takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sverrisson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sverrisson.
Sverrisson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tatum was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sverrisson connects with an inside leg kick.
Tatum misses with a left hand
and Sverrisson counters with a low kick, right behind Tatum 's knee.
Tatum looks to land a right hand but Sverrisson moved out of range.
Tatum is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sverrisson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sverrisson feints and then cracks Tatum's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tatum down.
Tatum is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sverrisson throws a lazy right hand but Tatum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sverrisson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tatum has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sverrisson.
Sverrisson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sverrisson throws a front kick aimed at Tatum's knee but Tatum avoids it well.
Tatum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sverrisson manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sverrisson - that will leave a mark!
Tatum throws a body punch but Sverrisson moves out of range.
Tatum digs a good hook to Sverrisson's body.
Tatum throws the kick towards the body but Sverrisson avoids it.
Sverrisson keeps the fight on the outside.
Tatum avoids the head kick by Sverrisson.
Tatum chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sverrisson can pounce on him.
Tatum takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tatum wants to clinch up but Sverrisson keeps it at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sverrisson, right into the meat.
Tatum takes the fight into the clinch.
Tatum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tatum scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tatum scores with a hook to the body.
Sverrisson prevents a body shot from Tatum.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Tatum dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reynir Sverrisson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tatum scores with a body shot.
Tatum jabs at Sverrisson's body.
Tatum looks to score with a jab to the body but Sverrisson is just out of range.
Tatum wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tatum jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sverrisson throws a leg kick but Tatum moved away.
Sverrisson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tatum moves in looking to clinch but Sverrisson pushes him off.
Tatum connects with the punch.
Sverrisson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sverrisson defending well as Tatum loads up on a big left hand.
Tatum moves into the clinch successfully.
Sverrisson tries to work over Tatum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tatum struggles to land a body shot inside as Sverrisson controls his hands.
Tatum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sverrisson can do to turn this around?
Sverrisson breaks the clinch.
Sverrisson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sverrisson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sverrisson is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sverrisson walks straight into a right hand from Tatum - that's dropped him! Tatum jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Sverrisson from any more punishment! Sverrisson complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kelvin Tatum!
Kelvin Tatum decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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