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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander The Great (ranked 6282 p4p, 548 weight class) and Bjorn Lothbrok (ranked 5999 p4p, 537 weight class). Lothbrok comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vikings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bjorn Lothbrok has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Alexander The Great's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alexander The Great!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bjorn Lothbrok!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lothbrok is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lothbrok tries to move into range but The Great moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lothbrok attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The Great takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Great throws a head kick that misses.
Lothbrok misses with a hook. The Great ducked under it nicely.
Lothbrok connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Great. The Great circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lothbrok throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Great throws a hook but Lothbrok avoids it easily.
The Great slips a straight right by Lothbrok.
A counter left hand to the body from The Great misses its target.
Lothbrok lands a glancing blow to the side of The Great's head.
Lothbrok looks to land a left hand but The Great moved out of range nicely.
Lothbrok doesn't manage to clinch there - The Great circles away.
The Great pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Great loads up on a big right hand but Lothbrok slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lothbrok scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lothbrok looks to score with a jab to the body but The Great is just out of range.
The Great swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lothbrok jabs The Great right on the nose. The Great blinks but takes it well.
Lothbrok with a poor takedown
and The Great counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Great blocks a body shot from Lothbrok.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Great.
Lothbrok just leaning against The Great, taking a breather.
The Great breaks the clinch.
Lothbrok misses with an uppercut.
The Great moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bjorn Lothbrok seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lothbrok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lothbrok has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Lothbrok fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Great tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lothbrok manages to circle out of the way.
The Great 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.
The Great ducks under a wild hook from Lothbrok.
The Great throws a body shot but no joy.
Excellent takedown into side control there by The Great.
Lothbrok struggling a bit here.
Lothbrok sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Great prevents Lothbrok from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Great wants to control but Lothbrok is keeping him busy.
Lothbrok is controlling The Great's trapped leg to prevent The Great from advancing to side control.
The Great throwing shots but Lothbrok is blocking nicely.
The Great stalling.
Lothbrok works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lothbrok escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Great gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lothbrok seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great tries to stand but Lothbrok is controlling from the bottom.
The Great preventing the sweep.
The Great knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lothbrok on the ground.
Lothbrok is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lothbrok pulls The Great in close to his closed guard and prevents The Great from doing any damage or advancing position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lothbrok is on top in guard.
The Great can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lothbrok controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lothbrok trying to control the position from guard on top but The Great is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lothbrok controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Great is looking to stand up but Lothbrok isn't so interested in that idea.
Lothbrok with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lothbrok trying to control the position from guard on top but The Great is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lothbrok postures up in The Great's guard and throws a big left but The Great blocks it.
Lothbrok slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lothbrok postures up in The Great's guard and throws a big left but The Great blocks it.
Lothbrok trying to control but The Great is working from the bottom.
Lothbrok missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjorn Lothbrok dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Lothbrok looks to throw the jab but The Great is out of range.
Lothbrok cracks The Great with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lothbrok looks to land a right hand but The Great moved out of range.
The Great is looking to counter punch.
The Great slips a jab from Lothbrok.
The Great throwing a counter right hand but Lothbrok manages to avoid it.
Lothbrok just misses with a punch to the body.
Lothbrok jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bjorn Lothbrok seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lothbrok throws a body shot but no joy.
The Great keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lothbrok slips under a jab.
Lothbrok has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lothbrok misses the shot to the body.
It looked like The Great was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lothbrok.
The Great shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lothbrok's guard.
Lothbrok lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The Great keeping moving, preventing Lothbrok from controlling successfully.
Lothbrok postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lothbrok wants to control from the top but The Great keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lothbrok advances position into side control!
Alexander The Great overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Great tries to bench press Lothbrok off him but Lothbrok keeps the position.
Lothbrok controlling the position from side mount.
The Great is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lothbrok misses with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lothbrok throws a strike aimed at the side of The Great's head but The Great avoids it well.
Lothbrok throws a strike aimed at the side of The Great's head but The Great avoids it well.
Lothbrok thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The ground and pound from Lothbrok seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Check out the look on Lothbrok's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Lothbrok tries to score with some ground and pound. The Great controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The Great defending against the ground and pound.
Lothbrok wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Great keeps working.
Lothbrok has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The Great is trying to get back to half guard.
Lothbrok thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Great is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lothbrok tries to score with some ground and pound. The Great controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lothbrok throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
You can see the frustration on The Great's face as Lothbrok controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Great can't do much from the bottom here.
Lothbrok working the ground and pound but The Great is defending the strikes.
Lothbrok is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, The Great has escaped the position, nice work there.
An elbow from Lothbrok crashes against the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by The Great, who protects the arm well.
Lothbrok working the ground and pound.
Lothbrok throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lothbrok working the ground and pound but The Great is defending the strikes.
Lothbrok is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. The Great knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lothbrok is trying to get an arm triangle but The Great is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lothbrok throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bjorn Lothbrok showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The Great misses with a hook.
A jab from Lothbrok finds it's way through The Great's defenses.
Lothbrok swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Great.
Lothbrok throws a lazy right hand but The Great sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Great is looking to counter punch.
The Great checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice shot lands for Lothbrok.
The Great takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lothbrok ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Great moves away.
The Great is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
The Great throws out a loose jab but Lothbrok uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Great steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before The Great has time to react.
The Great tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lothbrok manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lothbrok dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lothbrok dips to his left and cracks The Great with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lothbrok tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting The Great counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Lothbrok finds it's target.
Lothbrok throws a low kick but The Great avoids it.
The Great dives in and scores a takedown into Lothbrok's guard.
Lothbrok is trying to keep The Great in close.
Lothbrok is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lothbrok has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Great can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lothbrok has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Great can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lothbrok can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lothbrok had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. The Great defends it easily.
The Great has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lothbrok is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Great trying to control here.
Lothbrok sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Great defending well though.
The Great trying to control from the bottom.
The Great keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The Great is trying to stand up here but Lothbrok is controlling him well.
The Great avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lothbrok.
Lothbrok wants to pass to mount but The Great is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok 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.
The Great is in trouble now - Lothbrok has advanced to mount!
Lothbrok can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Great is looking to escape.
Lothbrok punching from mount but The Great doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Lothbrok looking to control and managing it successfully.
The Great is squirming around, avoiding Lothbrok's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lothbrok is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, The Great has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Lothbrok controlling from mount.
The Great is in all sorts of trouble here.
The Great wants to control but Lothbrok is having none of it.
Lothbrok misses with a head shot.
The Great wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lothbrok.
Poor strikes thrown by Lothbrok there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Alexander The Great has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lothbrok thowing shots but they're missing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bjorn Lothbrok comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lothbrok winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Bjorn Lothbrok!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Bjorn Lothbrok!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Bjorn Lothbrok!
Bjorn Lothbrok wins by unanimous decision!
Bjorn Lothbrok 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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hype
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