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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Iron (ranked 4659 p4p, 4160 weight class) and Sverre Porsteinsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sverre Porsteinsson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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179 cm 25 154 1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Brawler Good chin |
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Good wrestler Brawler Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Iron! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sverre Porsteinsson! The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Iron keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sverre Porsteinsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Iron shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Iron was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Iron swings around for an armbar but Porsteinsson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Iron's guard. Porsteinsson looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Iron trying to keep a closed guard but Porsteinsson is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Porsteinsson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Porsteinsson slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Porsteinsson lands a couple of elbows. Iron is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Iron controls Porsteinsson momentarily but Porsteinsson frees himself. Porsteinsson is in close to Iron's body, working some short punches and elbows. Porsteinsson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Iron keeping moving, preventing Porsteinsson from controlling successfully.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Porsteinsson distracts Iron with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Porsteinsson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Porsteinsson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Porsteinsson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Iron on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Iron tries to get out of the position. Iron has control of Porsteinsson's left arm, preventing Porsteinsson from doing any damage. Iron throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Iron looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Porsteinsson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard. Nice strikes from Porsteinsson there. Porsteinsson is nestled in close to Iron, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Porsteinsson lands a nice short elbow. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Ground and pound from Porsteinsson. Well, if Porsteinsson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight� I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza� Yum. Can't wait.
Porsteinsson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Nice strikes from Porsteinsson there. Iron is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Porsteinsson scores with a couple of nice shots. Porsteinsson is thwarting Iron's attempts to control the position. Iron is breathing heavily. Porsteinsson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. Nice strikes from Porsteinsson there. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Porsteinsson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Porsteinsson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Iron is in trouble now - Porsteinsson has advanced to mount! Porsteinsson content just to control the position here. Porsteinsson looking to finish Iron with some ground and pound. This is bad for Iron! Porsteinsson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Porsteinsson punishing his opponent with strikes.
 Iron is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Porsteinsson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Oh Iron is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Porsteinsson cracks Iron with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sverre Porsteinsson! A relieved looking Sverre Porsteinsson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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