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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thorbjorn Heimendahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Kristoffer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kristoffer has chosen Who's Your Daddy as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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284 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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270 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thorbjorn Heimendahl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Kristoffer!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heimendahl misses with a jab to the body
and Kristoffer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Heimendahl checks the leg kick.
Kristoffer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heimendahl swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kristoffer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kristoffer with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kristoffer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice shot lands for Heimendahl.
A combination from Heimendahl does no damage.
Heimendahl tries to bum rush Kristoffer with a series of wild strikes but Kristoffer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kristoffer throws a combination that misses
and Heimendahl cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lars Kristoffer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kristoffer looks to throw the jab but Heimendahl is out of range.
Heimendahl seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Heimendahl fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heimendahl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kristoffer moves away.
Kristoffer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heimendahl manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kristoffer moves away from the strike by Heimendahl.
Kristoffer clinches up with Heimendahl and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimendahl scores with a hook to the body.
Heimendahl lands a nice elbow.
Stalling in the clinch from Kristoffer.
Kristoffer working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kristoffer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Heimendahl fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Kristoffer as the two fighters clinch.
Kristoffer misses with a punch on the inside.
Heimendahl misses with a punch on the inside.
Kristoffer lands an uppercut.
Heimendahl tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kristoffer's elbow.
Kristoffer working aggressively here.
Kristoffer blocks an uppercut.
Heimendahl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kristoffer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Heimendahl tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heimendahl misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heimendahl tries a body shot but Kristoffer blocks it.
Kristoffer taking a breather.
Heimendahl lands with a short shot to the head.
Heimendahl throws an elbow that misses.
Kristoffer takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Lars Kristoffer has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Heimendahl blocking some punches.
Heimendahl misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kristoffer throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Kristoffer.
Kristoffer looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Kristoffer.
Kristoffer blocking some punches.
Heimendahl lands with a right to the head.
Kristoffer throws a punch but it's blocked by Heimendahl.
Kristoffer takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kristoffer blocks an elbow strike.
Heimendahl scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kristoffer looking to slow down the pace here.
Heimendahl creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kristoffer's defenses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Heimendahl as Kristoffer tries to tie him up.
Come on Kristoffer - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kristoffer lands with a left to the head.
Heimendahl blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kristoffer avoids a wild elbow strike from Heimendahl.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kristoffer.
Heimendahl looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kristoffer scores with a shoulder strike.
Heimendahl misses with a body punch.
Kristoffer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Heimendahl lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kristoffer works on Heimendahl's body with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kristoffer takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Heimendahl throws an elbow but misses.
Heimendahl lands a body punch.
Kristoffer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kristoffer working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heimendahl.
Still in the clinch, Heimendahl scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kristoffer dodges an elbow strike from Heimendahl.
A short left from Heimendahl.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kristoffer.
Heimendahl lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Heimendahl lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
I was talking to Heimendahl's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kristoffer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thorbjorn Heimendahl dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lars Kristoffer's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Heimendahl misses with a head kick.
Kristoffer looks to land a right hand but Heimendahl moved out of range.
Heimendahl tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice shot lands for Kristoffer.
Kristoffer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kristoffer tries to clinch but Heimendahl moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Heimendahl tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heimendahl staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kristoffer. Heimendahl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heimendahl misses with a wild body shot.
Nice jab there from Heimendahl.
Thorbjorn Heimendahl is winning the standup battle so far.
Heimendahl jabs Kristoffer to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kristoffer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Heimendahl on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heimendahl lands with an overhand left.
Heimendahl misses with a hook. Kristoffer ducked under it nicely.
Heimendahl is looking to clinch but Kristoffer is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimendahl throws a shot from downtown. Kristoffer moves away and avoids it.
Kristoffer tries to bum rush Heimendahl with a series of wild strikes but Heimendahl uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heimendahl appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kristoffer is looking to land body kicks.
Kristoffer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kristoffer throws a leg kick
and Heimendahl counters with a nice uppercut.
Heimendahl smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kristoffer loads up on a big right hand but Heimendahl slips the punch.
Kristoffer misses with a body shot.
Kristoffer has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Heimendahl lands with an overhand left.
Kristoffer is rocked!
Heimendahl drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Kristoffer right on the button. Kristoffer goes down! Heimendahl follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Heimendahl gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thorbjorn Heimendahl!
After winning the bout, Thorbjorn Heimendahl thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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