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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arild Ringnes (ranked 366 p4p, 55 weight class) and Lyle Alzado (ranked 706 p4p, 88 weight class). Lyle Alzado will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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285 lbs
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arild Ringnes !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyle Alzado!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alzado shoots in but Ringnes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ringnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alzado was well out of range. Poor timing from Ringnes .
Ringnes looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Alzado tries to keep at a distance but Ringnes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ringnes has a couple of punches blocked by Alzado.
Ringnes gets underhooks to prevent Alzado's takedown attempt.
Alzado goes for a takedown attempt but Ringnes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Arild Ringnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyle Alzado.
Alzado shoots in and bounces Ringnes off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Alzado throwing strikes from guard but Ringnes blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alzado with a flurry of punches that miss.
Alzado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alzado loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alzado wants to pass the guard but Ringnes is keeping the position.
Alzado throwing strikes but missing.
Alzado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alzado missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Alzado throwing strikes but missing.
Alzado postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alzado drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ringnes looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ringnes looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ringnes !
Alzado is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ringnes is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alzado defending well as Ringnes loads up on a big left hand.
Ringnes closes the distance and pushes Alzado back into the cage.
Alzado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alzado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ringnes working aggressively here.
Alzado lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ringnes .
Ringnes 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alzado lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Alzado gets through Ringnes 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alzado lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Arild Ringnes has been cut.
Alzado lands a hook that snaps the head of Ringnes backwards.
Alzado lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alzado gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ringnes is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Alzado not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Alzado is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ringnes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Alzado sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ringnes defending well though.
Alzado missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alzado not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Alzado drops an elbow to the side of Ringnes 's head.
Alzado lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Alzado is working for a submission of some sort.
Alzado is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Alzado missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ringnes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alzado.
Alzado throws a strike but Ringnes avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyle Alzado dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arild Ringnes 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Alzado gets a clinch.
Alzado lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ringnes .
Alzado swings wildly with an uppercut but Ringnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alzado scores with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Alzado.
Alzado wants to take the fight to the mat but Ringnes manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ringnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ringnes misses with a punch to the body.
Alzado tries for a takedown. No joy.
Alzado has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alzado pushes Ringnes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Alzado.
Alzado blocks an uppercut.
Ringnes prevents the takedown attempt.
Arild Ringnes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lyle Alzado.
Alzado lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alzado blocking some punches.
Lyle Alzado seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alzado softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alzado lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alzado misses with the head strike.
Ringnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ringnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alzado scores with a shoulder strike.
Ringnes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alzado misses with a punch on the inside.
Ringnes gets underhooks to prevent Alzado's takedown attempt.
Alzado tries to land a knee to the head but Ringnes blocks with his arms.
Ringnes tries to throw a body punch but Alzado avoids it by throwing Ringnes back against the cage.
Ringnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alzado swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ringnes misses with a body punch.
Ringnes lands with a light punch inside.
Alzado tries for a takedown but Ringnes manages to get underhooks.
Alzado working aggressively here.
Ringnes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alzado tries a knee to the head but Ringnes blocks it.
Ringnes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Alzado has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ringnes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alzado misses with some punches.
Alzado is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ringnes is defending well for now.
A short body shot lands from Ringnes as the two fighters clinch.
Alzado is breathing heavily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ringnes .
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ringnes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ringnes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alzado backwards.
Alzado's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ringnes misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alzado.
Ringnes blocking some punches.
A short right from Ringnes .
Alzado working aggressively here.
Alzado blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ringnes tries to throw a body punch but Alzado avoids it by throwing Ringnes back against the cage.
A short left from Ringnes .
Ringnes working aggressively here.
Alzado blocks a body shot from Ringnes .
Ringnes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ringnes pushes Alzado back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alzado is looking for a takedown.
Ringnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ringnes lands a body punch.
Ringnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alzado's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alzado.
A short right from Alzado on the inside.
Alzado's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alzado is leaning against Ringnes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Alzado lands a right hand.
Ringnes blocks a body shot from Alzado.
Alzado lands a body punch.
Alzado tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ringnes avoids it.
Alzado throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alzado landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alzado lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Alzado scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alzado has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ringnes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alzado is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ringnes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ringnes lands with a left to the head.
Alzado has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Ringnes regains guard immediately.
Alzado throwing strikes from guard but Ringnes blocks nicely.
Ringnes wants to sweep but no luck.
Alzado stands up over Ringnes , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alzado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Alzado in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Alzado is working Ringnes over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Alzado is looking to work some ground and pound but Ringnes has wrist control.
Alzado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyle Alzado showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Arild Ringnes 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Alzado scores with a punch to the head.
Ringnes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alzado at a distance.
Alzado looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ringnes is fending him off so far but Alzado persists. Nope, Ringnes circles away and we're back to standing.
Ringnes tests Alzado's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Ringnes misses its intended target.
Alzado is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ringnes is looking to clinch but Alzado is avoiding it.
Alzado throws a combination. Ringnes tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Alzado connects with a looping right hand.
Alzado throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ringnes rushes Alzado and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alzado lands a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ringnes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alzado gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ringnes regains guard.
Alzado loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alzado working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alzado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ringnes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alzado is in close to Ringnes 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Alzado lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Alzado has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alzado stands and throws Ringnes 's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Alzado lands a nice forearm strike.
Alzado sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ringnes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Alzado is putting a hurting on Ringnes here, landing some big shots from side control.
Alzado sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Ringnes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Alzado is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ringnes has escaped the position, nice work there.
Alzado throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Arild Ringnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alzado misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Lyle Alzado has got the better of the ground game so far.
Alzado in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Alzado looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Alzado working the head and body with strikes.
Ringnes sneaks back into half guard.
Alzado missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ringnes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alzado not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Alzado lands with a punch from half guard.
Alzado throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ringnes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Alzado.
Alzado working over Ringnes with some ground and pound. Ringnes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Alzado scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Alzado not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Alzado is looking to pass Ringnes 's guard but actually Ringnes recovers to full guard.
Lyle Alzado is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alzado controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Let's hope that Alzado has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Arild Ringnes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ringnes misses with a hook
and Alzado counters with a series of strikes. Ringnes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ringnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ringnes stuffs the takedown attempt from Alzado. Alzado gets slowly back to his feet.
Ringnes misses with a hook
letting Alzado counter with a right hand.
Alzado fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ringnes .
Alzado misses with a body kick.
Ringnes wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Ringnes moves in looking to clinch but Alzado pushes him off.
Alzado clinches with his opponent.
Ringnes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ringnes prevents a body shot from Alzado.
Ringnes misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lyle Alzado comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Alzado has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyle Alzado!
Lyle Alzado managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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