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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edwin Kjaer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payne comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Company. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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184 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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178 cm
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181 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Max Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Edwin Kjaer!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne tries to bum rush Kjaer with a series of wild strikes but Kjaer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kjaer tries to counter with a clinch but Payne shakes him off and moves away.
Payne misses with a wild body shot.
A left and a right from Payne both land. Nice combination.
Payne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Payne throws a series of punches but Kjaer avoids them all with ease.
Payne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Payne looks to land a left hand but Kjaer moved out of range nicely.
Payne digs a good body shot into Kjaer's ribs.
Kjaer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Payne.
Kjaer tries to counter with a clinch but Payne shakes him off and moves away.
Payne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kjaer was well out of range. Poor timing from Payne.
Payne throws a jab but it's blocked by Kjaer.
Payne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Payne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Payne misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payne misses with a lunging right hand
and Kjaer counters with a three punch combo that has Payne backing up. Payne nods at Kjaer to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice body punch from Payne.
Payne connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kjaer. Kjaer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Payne throws a shot from downtown. Kjaer moves away and avoids it.
Kjaer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Payne works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Payne.
Kjaer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Payne.
Good leg kick by Payne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Payne, right into the meat.
Payne with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kjaer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Payne.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kjaer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kjaer wants to counter the offense by Payne and move into the clinch position.
A big right from Payne misses.
Kjaer has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kjaer tries to clinch there but Payne circles away.
Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Payne.
Kjaer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Payne scores with a jab. Kjaer acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Payne will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kjaer tries to counter with a clinch but Payne shakes him off and moves away.
A good leg kick by Payne.
Kjaer ducks under a wild hook from Payne.
Kjaer avoids a kick to the body.
Kjaer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kjaer checks a leg kick nicely.
Payne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Payne scores with a punch to the head.
Kjaer misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kjaer blocks a low kick nicely.
Payne lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Payne misses the target.
Payne just misses with a punch to the body.
Payne throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kjaer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Payne looks to throw the jab but Kjaer is out of range.
Payne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Payne throws a head kick but Kjaer moves out of range.
Payne misses with a straight left.
Payne throws a right hand that Kjaer ducks under and follows up with a left that Kjaer also avoids with ease.
Payne misses with a wild body shot.
Kjaer tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kjaer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Payne.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Payne lands but Kjaer takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kjaer moves out of range as Payne throws a body kick.
Kjaer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Payne misses with a low kick.
Kjaer tries to counter with a clinch but Payne shakes him off and moves away.
Kjaer tries to clinch but Payne moves out of range.
Payne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Payne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kjaer wants to counter with a clinch but Payne pushes him away.
Payne scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Payne 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.
Kjaer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Payne throws out a loose jab but Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Payne cracks Kjaer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Payne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kjaer.
Kjaer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Payne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kjaer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Payne dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Good shot there by Payne.
Payne throws a low kick but Kjaer moves out of range easily.
Payne swings for the body but Kjaer moves out of range.
Payne tries to bum rush Kjaer with a series of wild strikes but Kjaer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kjaer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Kjaer staying out of range there.
Kjaer tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kjaer slips under a jab from Payne.
Kjaer steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Payne.
Kjaer walks into a stiff left hand from Payne.
Edwin Kjaer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Payne throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kjaer.
Max Payne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Payne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good work by Kjaer as he checks the leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Kjaer.
Kjaer is looking for the big counter here.
Payne throws a looping overhand right but Kjaer ducks down to avoid it.
Payne sets himself, and Kjaer steps forward looking for the clinch! Payne avoids it this time.
Payne misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kjaer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Payne.
Kjaer wants to counter the offense by Payne and move into the clinch position.
Max Payne is winning the standup battle so far.
Payne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kjaer was well out of range. Poor timing from Payne.
Kjaer ducks under a wild hook from Payne.
Payne looks to score with a jab to the body but Kjaer is just out of range.
Kjaer looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Payne swings for the body but Kjaer moves out of range.
Kjaer tries to counter with a clinch but Payne shakes him off and moves away.
Payne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kjaer throws a big counter head kick but Payne avoids it with no problem.
Kjaer tries to clinch there but Payne circles away.
Kjaer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Payne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Payne wants to land a leg kick but Kjaer is out of range.
Payne sets himself, and Kjaer steps forward looking for the clinch! Payne avoids it this time.
Payne pushes Kjaer away with a front kick.
Payne throws a head kick but Kjaer moves out of range.
Payne misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Payne throws out a loose jab but Kjaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kjaer checks a leg kick.
Kjaer wants to counter with a clinch but Payne pushes him away.
Payne bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kjaer's head.
Payne looks to land a combination but Kjaer avoids it well.
Kjaer steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Payne.
Kjaer ducks under a wild hook from Payne.
Payne misses the shot to the body.
Kjaer is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
The fighters circling - Payne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kjaer might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Payne has got the better of the exchanges.
Payne rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kjaer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kjaer 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kjaer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Payne.
Kjaer steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Payne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne throws a series of punches but Kjaer avoids them all with ease.
Kjaer wants to counter the offense by Payne and move into the clinch position.
Kjaer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Payne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kjaer.
Despite the aggression on Kjaer's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Payne looks to land a left hand but Kjaer moved out of range nicely.
Kjaer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Payne throws out the jab.
Kjaer is looking for the big counter here.
Payne looks to land a combination but Kjaer avoids it well.
Kjaer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Payne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kjaer moves away.
Payne throws a low kick but Kjaer moves out of range easily.
Kjaer gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kjaer managing to block the knees to the body from Payne.
Payne trying to land knees to the body.
Payne missing with knees to the body.
Kjaer gets through Payne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kjaer avoids it.
Payne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Payne tries to land a knee to the head but Kjaer blocks with his arms.
Kjaer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kjaer pushes Payne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Payne trying to land knees to the body.
Payne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kjaer avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Payne.
Kjaer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kjaer digs a right hand into Payne's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Payne's gas tank.
Kjaer lands a hook that snaps the head of Payne backwards.
Kjaer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kjaer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Payne avoids it.
Kjaer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kjaer stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kjaer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kjaer fails to land.
Payne tries to circle away but Kjaer has him pinned against the cage.
Kjaer avoiding damage as Payne throws knees to the body.
Payne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Payne dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.
Kjaer moves into the clinch.
Kjaer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kjaer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Payne tries to land knees in the clinch but Kjaer avoids the damage to the body.
Kjaer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Payne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kjaer connects with a knee to the head.
Payne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Kjaer.
Kjaer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kjaer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kjaer trying to land knees to the body.
Kjaer misses with a knee to the head.
Kjaer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Payne gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kjaer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kjaer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kjaer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Payne blocks it with crossed arms.
Payne is looking to break free of the clinch but Kjaer has double underhooks.
Edwin Kjaer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kjaer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Payne.
Kjaer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kjaer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Payne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kjaer misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Kjaer as the two fighters clinch.
Kjaer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kjaer managing to block the knees to the body from Payne.
Payne is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kjaer is defending well for now.
Payne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kjaer avoids it.
Kjaer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Payne trying to land knees to the body.
Kjaer takes a shot to the head.
Kjaer scores with a shot to the side of Payne's head.
Payne trying to land knees to the body.
Kjaer lands a knee to the body.
Kjaer managing to block the knees to the body from Payne.
Kjaer lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kjaer misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kjaer lands with a left to the head.
Kjaer tries a knee to the head but Payne blocks it.
Payne blocks an uppercut.
Payne tries to throw a body punch but Kjaer avoids it by throwing Payne back against the cage.
Kjaer pushes Payne back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Payne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kjaer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kjaer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from Kjaer.
Kjaer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Payne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kjaer tries to land knees in the clinch but Payne avoids the damage to the body.
Payne is looking to break free of the clinch but Kjaer has double underhooks.
Kjaer managing to block the knees to the body from Payne.
A head punch on the inside from Payne fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kjaer obliges.
Kjaer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Payne missing with knees to the body.
Payne's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kjaer lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kjaer.
Kjaer lands an uppercut.
Kjaer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kjaer scores a nice knee to the body.
Kjaer lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kjaer.
Payne is rocked!
Kjaer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Oh Payne is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Kjaer.
Kjaer scores a nice knee to the body.
Kjaer jerks Payne's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Payne drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Kjaer goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Kjaer because Payne was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Edwin Kjaer!
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