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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adils Hallbjornsson (ranked 345 p4p, 569 weight class) and Aatreya Mahrishi (ranked 48 p4p, 84 weight class). Hallbjornsson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Herr Mannelig. Mahrishi has chosen On the Precipe of Defeat as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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13 - 3 - 0 |
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191 cm
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14 - 6 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adils Hallbjornsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Aatreya Mahrishi!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahrishi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hallbjornsson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mahrishi's head.
It looks like Aatreya Mahrishi has been cut.
Mahrishi throws a sloppy head kick and Hallbjornsson moves out of range easily.
Hallbjornsson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Mahrishi throws a sloppy head kick and Hallbjornsson moves out of range easily.
Mahrishi throws a head kick that half lands.
Hallbjornsson lands with an uppercut that bounces Mahrishi off the cage and back into range.
Mahrishi throws a head kick that Hallbjornsson semi-blocks.
Mahrishi with a hook.
Mahrishi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahrishi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahrishi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hallbjornsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mahrishi forces Hallbjornsson back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mahrishi.
Mahrishi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mahrishi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hallbjornsson scores with a decent looking hook.
Hallbjornsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mahrishi tries to clinch up.
Hallbjornsson half committed to a counter leg kick.
Hallbjornsson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hallbjornsson thuds his right hand into Mahrishi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson throws a body kick that misses.
Mahrishi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahrishi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hallbjornsson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mahrishi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hallbjornsson on the side of the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Mahrishi has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Mahrishi clobbers Hallbjornsson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hallbjornsson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mahrishi closes the distance but Hallbjornsson moves to the side
and Mahrishi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mahrishi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hallbjornsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Mahrishi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hallbjornsson slips a jab and a cross from Mahrishi.
Hallbjornsson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mahrishi jabs at Hallbjornsson's body.
A head kick misses from Mahrishi.
Hallbjornsson misses with a right hand
and Mahrishi counters with a nice uppercut.
Hallbjornsson throws a leg kick which misses Mahrishi's front leg but catches the back leg as Mahrishi tries to avoid it.
Hallbjornsson looks for the body kick but Mahrishi saw that one coming.
Mahrishi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hallbjornsson lands a jab to the head.
Mahrishi throws a head kick that misses
and Hallbjornsson counters with a leg kick.
Hallbjornsson cracks Mahrishi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Mahrishi misses.
Mahrishi lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahrishi blocks a head kick by Hallbjornsson.
Mahrishi looks to score with a jab to the body but Hallbjornsson is just out of range.
Mahrishi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mahrishi tries to work over Hallbjornsson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hallbjornsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hallbjornsson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mahrishi lands a left hand.
Mahrishi has a couple of punches blocked by Hallbjornsson.
Mahrishi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahrishi misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Adils Hallbjornsson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aatreya Mahrishi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hallbjornsson swings widly with a right hand
and Mahrishi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mahrishi avoids the body shot from Hallbjornsson.
A punch combination from Mahrishi misses.
Mahrishi misses with a straight left.
Hallbjornsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hallbjornsson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mahrishi throws a sloppy head kick
and Hallbjornsson counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hallbjornsson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mahrishi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mahrishi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hallbjornsson ducks under a wild hook from Mahrishi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahrishi cracks Hallbjornsson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Mahrishi misses the target.
Mahrishi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mahrishi blocks a jab.
Mahrishi lands a big head kick that sends Hallbjornsson tumbling to the mat! Mahrishi takes a step backwards and waves Hallbjornsson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hallbjornsson is rocked!
Mahrishi lands a brutal head kick. Hallbjornsson looks out on his feet and Mahrishi throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Aatreya Mahrishi!
Aatreya Mahrishi managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Arcticus University: London, into his post fight interview.
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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
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